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Sebastian Strangio
Sebastian Strangio is Southeast Asia editor at The Diplomat.
In 2008, he began his career as a reporter at The Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia, and has since traveled and reported extensively across the 10 nations of ASEAN. Sebastian’s writing has appeared in leading publications including Foreign Affairs, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and The New York Times, The Diplomat, and Nikkei Asian Review, among many others. He is the author of “Hun Sen’s Cambodia” (Yale, 2014), a path-breaking examination of Cambodia since the fall of the Khmer Rouge, and “In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century“ (Yale, 2020).
Alongside his journalistic work, Sebastian has also consulted for a wide variety of economic risk firms and non-government organizations, and is quoted frequently in the international media on political developments in Southeast Asia. Sebastian holds a B.A. and Master’s degree in international politics from The University of Melbourne. He currently lives in Adelaide.
You can get in touch with Sebastian via Twitter, Facebook, or email.

January 15, 2025
Philippines Protests Fresh Chinese Deployments at Disputed Shoal
By Sebastian Strangio

January 14, 2025
Myanmar Military Launches Air Strikes on Kachin, Rakhine, Shan States
By Sebastian Strangio

January 14, 2025
Thai Cabinet Approves Draft Law Legalizing Gambling
By Sebastian Strangio

January 13, 2025
Malaysia’s Anwar Denies Covering Up Document Permitting Ex-Leader’s House Arrest
By Sebastian Strangio

January 13, 2025
Killer of Ex-Cambodian MP Won’t Reveal Who Ordered Assassination, Thai Police Say
By Sebastian Strangio

January 10, 2025
Japan, Malaysia Pledge to Strengthen Economic, Security Ties
By Sebastian Strangio

January 10, 2025
Malaysia’s PM Outlines Leadership Ambitions in Energy, Chip Manufacturing
By Sebastian Strangio

January 09, 2025
New iPhone Still Barred From Sale in Indonesia Despite Apple Investment
By Sebastian Strangio

January 09, 2025
Cambodian Police Arrest Primary Suspect in Slaying of Former MP
By Sebastian Strangio

January 08, 2025
Indonesia Officially Becomes First Southeast Asian Member of BRICS
By Sebastian Strangio

January 08, 2025
Former Cambodian Opposition MP Gunned Down in Bangkok
By Sebastian Strangio
